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I've not purposely mistated anything. I'm only pointing out the tone of your comments which seem to overridingly say "don't come to forums like...

I think introverts are much more likely to join a forum like this, so it won't surprise me if the tally indicates most responders are introverts.

Why concern myself with such stuff??? Because it could be the clue that solves the problem! That is exactly why everyone should be interested in...

all I absolutely agree with that. To know that you're receiving substandard healthcare, however, you have to educate yourself, and ask a lot of...

I think that you make a few very big assumptions with that statement: 1) That people who ask questions on web sites blindly follow the advice...

There just are not many doctors that I have run into (and I have seen over 60 in the past 3.5 years) who listen and do research on a patient's...

The idea is just to keep on a downward trend if you want to withdraw from the stuff without side effects or difficulty. There is evidence that...

A point well made. However, in light of the study that suggests LLLT can stimulate stem cells, do you think LLLT or Fruit Loops is more worthy of...

Just so I don't create a world of rebels with my comments... There are times where you have to suppress challenges for the greater good of a...

We are in agreement with respect to our assessment of the probability of LLLT as practiced so far being helpful for tinnitus. I don't want...

I've thought of a better and shorter way to say what I have been trying to say. "Condemn the fraudsters, not the the technology." I think the...

I believe the burden of proof in on the person making the claim. It is very easy to prove that something is not 100% anything. All one has to do...

You should be able to cut your pills into something smaller than half. I was cutting 0.5 mg pills of Xanax into eighths. And even at that dose...

Now I getting this - it is more about Wilden than LLLT. Okay - I get that.

Because I like stirring the pot sometimes .. if an alleged scammer truly believes that what he is providing is helpful, is he/she truly a scammer?...

I have not read every post in this thread, so I apologize if this statement has already been made - it is such an obvious assertion that I would...

Dr. Nagler, I'm confused by your certainty that LLLT does not help T while you at the same time seem to say nothing is proven until a well...

While I am not an advocate for LLLT for tinnitus, this provides some support for the concept. There appears to be some evidence that low-power...

I appreciate the idea of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). As an engineer, I try to practice that in anything I design. Unfortunately, the idea that...

I'm pretty sure the ototoxic label is reserved for medications that can cause permanent hearing loss/damage. The ototoxicity may depend on dosage...

From The Buffalo News The University at Buffalo is participating in a study of an implantable device that helps retrain the part of the brain...

From Ivanhoe Medical News (http://ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=33074) Reported April 4, 2014 Stopping Tinnitus in its...

This is an interesting article on depression and antidepressants that I just stumbled upon. It basically challenges the effectiveness of...

@Penelope, my thoughts are simply this: its your body and you know more about what happens within it than anyone else in the world. If you...

Very few medications are harmless. If they were they would not come with the long list of written warnings in the prescribing pamphlets (that's...

I don't want to upset the applecart for someone if their drug regimen is working for them, but let me throw this bit of information out there....

',to I think crowdsourcing is as apt find a solution to tinnitus as medical research. I am 100% for it. It's a bit of a shame that researchers...

I'm with you on this RaZaH. I think in general benzos are bad medicine in the sense that most doctors who prescribe them do not know what they...

This use to happen to me all the time when I was a kid, except in my case it was two black shadows standing right next to my bed looking down at...

Welcome! I'm all ears and would love to hear what is really happening in the medical/psychological community re: tinnitus. If you care to give a...

I'd put my money on AM-101. My reasoning is simply that the dexamethasone & lidocaine treatment that Shea does has been around for a long time...

The Fisher Wallace tDCS stimulator might be the thing to try. It uses a 15kHz carrier wave (I'm not sure what that means exactly), and it...

The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take the canolli." - Clemenza after his henchmen whack Carlo in the car. They had stopped to buy some...

I'm a little bit wary of the Shea Clinic treatment, but only for a simple reason: Its been around forever, and few doctors ever mention it. If it...

JohnG, I don't think it is unreasonable to still be hopeful about recovering some lost hearing after 2 months. Most ENTs say to give it at least...

I think the simple answer to your comment is that people are physically different, and the volume or intensity of T varies from person to person...

The crackling noise is not uncommon with tinnitus onset. It is likely due to swelling/inflamation of the eustachian tube(s), or extra thick...

I don't have a definitive answer for you, but my strong suspicion is that your metal clip would not be a problem with VNS. I believe the issue...

MeWiseMagic, Since the effectiveness of this treatment is somewhat hit or miss (or at least that's my sense of things after reading much of what...

I think there is no question that T can cause depression and anxiety. Also, there is a belief among mental health professionals that anxiety can...

Just an opinion from a fellow tinnitus sufferer - I doubt that your T is a symptom of your anxiety. I think anxiety can increase T volume both...

@Per, Just to let you know, while I was at the Mayo Clinic last week I asked if they do high frequency hearing tests above 8000 Hz, and they said...

Per, I think it is a good sign. I wish you many more to come. mick

Actually I find the lower frequency sound harder to mask, though I must admit that there is something about it that makes it so much more...

I just had another MRI the day before yesterday. I wore ear plugs and the left one fell out a little. Even with that, the noise was not bad at...

I've had several MRIs. None have ever been loud; there is a lot of noise - mostly clicking - but by no means loud. In most cases I in fact fall...

Tenna, Sorry to hear you're getting the "anxiety/depression causes everything" runaround. I've been through that. If you don't believe your...

I tend to agree that the often accepted relationship between T and hearing loss is not ironclad. I've asked more than one hearing specialist if...

I certainly hope the stuff you're doing will help, Per. Keep us informed. I'm game for trying anything safe, and the kind of things an osteopath...

I'm headed to the Mayo Clinic later this month. It is not really for anything T related, but since my doctor mentioned to them that I had...

@ResonanceCEO, Could you elaborate on what "passes through the ear canal" means? I would assume this still means going through the ear drum. Is...

The new tinnitus is slightly better today. The low freq sound volume has backed off a little, but still dominates the high frequency old...

The hearing loss is better, but the T is awful. The lower frequency sound is now the dominant sound in my right ear and it has reached a...

Alright, I managed to nail down one of the new frequencies. It is the frequency that is second loudest, and I can only hear it in my right ear,...

The pain is significantly better than yesterday. The T is interesting. I've just been playing around trying to objectively measure it as best as...

Unfortunately, I just exchanged a e-mail with my primary care doctor, and he is against the idea of using steroids. Not sure what to do now. He...

Thanks for the push Hudson. I called the ENT nurse practitioner that I saw yesterday, and she seemed to think that prednisone was worth a try. I...

I like the prednisone idea @yonkapin, but I will sit on it until Monday (that's what I'm sure my regular doc will say). @LadyDi: I have been...

The pain is much better today, but the ringing is worse than ever. My old T was nothing compared to this.